Handy case for car and bus conductors and others



May 17, 1927. 1,629,322

L. SWARTHOUT HANDY CASE FOR CAR AND BUS CONDUCTORS AND OTHERS Filed NOV. 10 925 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Patented May 17, 1927.

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LEON SVJARTHQUT, OF ROCHESTER, NEVJ YORK.

HANDY CASE FOR CAR AND BUS CONDUCTORS AND OTHERS. I

Application filed November 10, 1925. Serial No. 6%,16'7.

The object of my present invention is the provision of a handy case of small compass, designed to facilitate the making of change and to carry money,report blanks, stationery and the like in such manner that ready access may be had to the same. I

My novel case is adapted to be conveniently carried in the hand, and is also susceptible of being attached to a fare box or to any other designed support, and to be used to advantage by car and bus conductors, ticket agents and at news stands and other places where it is necessary to quickly make change and to have available stationery .and report blanks and means whereby writing may be conveniently accomplished.

lVith the foregoing in mind, my invention'in all of its details will be fully understood from the following description and claims when the same are read in connection with the drawings, accompanying and forming part of this specification, in which:--

Figure 1 is a front elevation illustrating the case constituting the preferred embodiment of my invention as the same appears when hung on and disposed in front of a fare box such as used in street cars.

Figure 2 is a side elevation ofthe same.

Figure'3 is a rear elevation of my novel case, showing the same positioned for convenient carriage in the hand in the same manner as an ordinary suitcase.

Figure 4 is a front elevation of my novel case per se with the change making or coin holding device removed.

Figure 5 is a vertical section taken at right angles to Figure 41.

Figure 6 is a face view showing the board for carrying reports and the like in such manner that when the boardis removed from the case it may be held in the hands or may be superposed on a suitable support for the making of entries on the uppermost blank when more than one blank is fastened on the board through the medium of thumb tacks or other appropriate means.

Similar numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all of the views of the drawings.

The board 1 shown in Figure 6 is preferably of wood and has its ends covered by metallic reinforcement 2, and is designed when not in use to be removably arranged in a compartment 3 at the back of the body 1 of the case. As shown in Figure 6 the report blank 4 is secured by thumb tacks 5-to the face of the board 1, and it will be readily understood that the scheme of my invention contemplates providingthe board 1 with either one or a plurality of reports 4, the

uppermost report 4t being written upon and being removed when completely filled out the case body 1*, and then uses the board 1 as a rest to support the blank 4 in convenient position and to hold the said blank 4: in such state that entries may be made with facility on the blank. 1 I

In the lower portion oft-he case body 1 which is open at its forward side, are lower and upper holders 6 for stationery or any articles that it is desired to carry in such manner that the said holder may be readily removed when occasion demands. The said holders 6 are hinged at 7', and when not in use arepositioned in alinement as illustrated in Figure 5. lVhen, however, it is desired to remove a sheet of paper or the like from either one of the holders 6, the holder is swung outwardly into inclined position,'th-e front wall of eachholder being'notched as designated by 8 so. that a sheet of paper or the like in the holder may be readilygrasped. I

ence to Figure 3 it will be noted that the top 11 is provided with a hand 14. designed to be'detachably secured over athimble 15 on the body 1*, so that when occasion de-' mandsthe top 11, may be locked in closed position.

In the upper portion of the body 1 is a compartment 16, the bottom wall of which is designated by 17. In the said compartment 16 and at the back thereof is a sub-compartment 18, formed between the front wall. of the compartment 3 and a transverse wall 19. The said sub-compartment 18 may be used for the carriage of papers, envelopes and the like, in the discretion of the party using my novel case. In theside walls of the compartment 16 are vertical kerfs 20 and 21. In one or the other of the pairs of kerfs 20 and 21, as convenience dictates, is arranged a plate 30, preferably of brass, designed to carry the device 31 shown in Figure l for carrying coins and for facilitating the making of change. The device 31 is provided with hooks and 33, and the plate is equipped with a iixedkeeper 23afor use in conjunction with the hooks 32. The plate 30 is also equipped with a keeper 35, pivoted at 36 to the plate and adapted in the position shown in Figure et to cooperate with a fixed keeper member 37 on the plate and to rest in front of a portion of the hook 33 so as to preclude'casual displacement of the device 31 from the plate 30 and my novel case. lVhen the inner and longer arm of the keeper 85 is swung upwardly so as to (l1S911- gage the other arm of said keeper from the hook on the device 31, the said device 31 may be expeditiously and easily removed from the case 1", and may then be fastened on the person of the conductor, if it is necessary in an emergency for the conductor to carry the device 31.

As herein before indicated my invention contemplates the maintenance of the case of my invention on a fare box such as used in a street car. In Figures 1 and 2, I show such a fare box, designated by 40, and I also show the body 1 of my'novel case as having loops 41, preferably of metal, through which is passed a strap 42, of leather or other appropriate material, which is fastened, preferably in detachable manner, around the fare box as. illustrated.

It is within the purview of my invention to connect the strap 42 to the case body 1 in any suitable manner. I prefer in the preferred embodiment,' however, to fasten the strap 42 at one end to the body 1 as designated by 43 and I also prefer to pass the strap 12 tl'irough one of the loops ll, and then around the fare box 10, after which the strap 42 is passed through the other loop 41 and is detachably connected to a buckle arried on a tab (not shown) at the oppo site side of the case.

It will be readily appreciatedfrom the foregoing that my novel case is advantageous when associated with a fare box or the like and also when carried in the hand, the case enabling a conductor to carry in one unit the device 31, money, the conductor s report and cards and other stationery.

It will also be apparent from the foregoing that the case of my improvement is susceptible of being readily fastened to and supported by a fare box, and as expedi vantage when merely superposed on a table or other support. k

I have specifically described the preferred embodiment of my invention in order to impart a full, clear and exact understanding of the same. be understood as restricting myselfto the disclosed structure and relative arrangement of elements, my invention being defined by my appended claims within the scope'of which structural changes and modifications in arrangement may be made without departure from my invention.

Having described my invention, what'I claim ano desire to secure by Letters-Patent, is V 1. A case comprising a body having a con'ipartmentand kerfs in the side walls of said coi'npartment, and a plate removably seated in said kerfs, the. said compartment being open at its upper end, and the body being combined with a top hingedly con nected to the body and adapted in one position to rest above said compartment and be fastened to the .body so as to maintain the plate againstdisplacen'ient.

2. A case comprising.a'body'open at its front and at its upper end and provided in its back portion with a compartment extending substantially throughout its height, said body also having a compartment in front I do not desire, however, to.

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